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This is not a dupe, but I do think it's awfully subjective. Now having said that, my personal subjective opinion is - hell no, you're very unlikely to ever care about any of those features, even unexpectedly. Those are really about it - there aren't many 'small differences' at all.
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ShinraiNov 5 '12 at 19:14

@Shinrai how is it subjective? I just want a list of differences.
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ACarterNov 5 '12 at 19:15

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You didn't ask what the differences were, you asked "will I see any difference". That implies a value proposition...in my mind it's equivalent to "Will I care?" or "Will I need any of this stuff?" If you just want a list, that's easily found in any number of places, but it didn't sound like that's what you were after.
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ShinraiNov 5 '12 at 19:33

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If you don't use the extra features you won't notice any difference. The only thing that should be different between the two are the included features, the presence or exclusion of them won't affect the performance of the OS (in theory.)

There may come a day, however, when "they" experience an issue, look online for a solution, and find that they need to use local group policy to fix it... this is when people will notice the difference.

Windows 8 Pro is comparable to Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate and is targeted towards enthusiasts and business users; it includes all the features of Windows 8. Additional features include the ability to receive Remote Desktop connections, the ability to participate in a Windows Server domain, Encrypting File System, Hyper-V, and Virtual Hard Disk Booting, Group Policy as well as BitLocker and BitLocker To Go. Windows Media Center functionality will be available only for Windows 8 Pro as a paid "add-on."